I have mixed feelings about that Atlantic piece...
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...anyway, here's the article. it's well reported & has useful information. maybe I'm too "in the weeds" myself to know precisely how trans/TERF-unaware readers will react. here's hoping my worries about it being a beacon for future recruits are overblown.https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/12/reddit-ovarit-the-donald/617320/ …
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P.S. this passage made me cringe. yes, I'm sure Bou thinks they're nice, b/c HE'S NOT A F-ING TRANS PERSON! if he was, they'd be doxxing him, & publicly speculating about his genitals, & accusing him of being a pervert or rapist, & penning fake posts in his name, & threatening topic.twitter.com/2hSoZ0fV4D
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morning thoughts: I woke up thinking about that awful Michelle Goldberg piece from 2014 (this description is from Mari Brighe; more about it: https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2014/08/05/op-ed-open-letter-new-yorker …). The Atlantic article is not nearly as bad as that, but it suffers from similar framing...pic.twitter.com/rFgsRe6lov
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...it humanizes TERF position (we spend most of article w/Fain) whereas trans perspectives are disembodied (w/exception of Lavery, who has more of a side role). narrative journalism is insidious; it tends to make its protagonists sympathetic, even when they're bad or wrong.
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Thank you for this different perspective.
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Honestly I've found greater success describing them as 'Mean Girls' and the YOU CANT SIT WITH US situation. Everyone who's seen that film knows how nasty cis women can be to one another and others.
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